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Patented July 22, "1919.

Application filed February 12, 1919. Serial No. 276,569.

To all whom itmay concern: 1 p a 1 Be it known that I, WALTER O. POWELL,a citizen of the United 'States of America, residing at Columbus,inthecounty of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Sealing-Tape Moisteners, of which the following is, aspecification. i 1 i The purpose of the invention is to provide a deviceor apparatus for supplying strips of paper, cloth orthe like forwraP-ping, 101' binding packages, for use as labels or for other kindreduses.Toythisend the invention comprises a base frame, a suitable paperholding device or reel on which rolls of gummed paper may be supported,a water pan or reservoir, a roll mounted in the frame for rotarymovement therein so that it may be moistened by, contact with the waterin the pan, and suitable guiding means by which the strips of paper,uncjoiled from the rolls maybe brought into contact with the last saidroll for the purpose of, moistening the gummed surface of the strip sothat it may be in condition for attachment to a package immediately-uponits Withdrawal from the machine. YMeans is also provided for varyingthe.width of the guides through whichthe paper passes to the moisteningroll or member and such a means provides for the employment of dilferentwidths of paper rolls carried on the reel or one roll at full width ofthe reel on the machine.

The invention is illustrated and described in a specific embodimenttowhich,however, it is not to be restricted. The right is reserved to makesuch changes or alterations, as the actual reduction to practice maysuggest, in sotfar assuch changesor alterations are compatible in spiritwith the annexed The same numerals of reference designate the same partsthroughout the several figures in the drawings, wherein: a a 1 a Figure1 is a view in side elevatlon of the improvedmachilie. 1

0 Fig.2 is a'itop planview. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional v1ewtaken on the line 3-.3 of Fig, 2. 3

Fig. 4 is a transverse seetional view-taken 1 Fig. 5 is a plan view. ofone of the division plates'carried by the reel. l .1 Fig. 6 is a sectiononthe line Gi 6 of Fig. 5. a

Fig. 7 is a plan View showing in folded position the division platesillustrated in Fig. 5.

Asshown, the invention comprises a base or frame A. This frame'is of anopencharactor and is formed with two longitudinal side plates 1 whichconnect with a front transversely disposed plate 2.: The side plates-,1are further connected by a second transversely disposed plate ,3 and atthe bottom edgeof this plate 3-and the adjacent. edges of the plates 1there are formed webs 4 which are provided with holes 5 through wlichthere may be passed screws for the purpose of securing the base orframe A on top of a shelf, counter or thelike. Adjacent thejunctureofathe frontjplates 2 and the side plates there are. formed webs 6similarly provided with holes through which screws may be passed for thesimilar purpose fiof. securing the frame to a counter, shelf or thelike; a 1

Attached on the upper edges of said plates 1 and'extending fromthe'cross plate 3 to within a specified distance ofthe front plate 4,there is a plate 7. This plate spans the same and 1s secured in vplaceby means of Theplate 10 at that edge adjacent the curved:edges9"oftheplate 7 is curved upwardly as indicated at 12.

There is thus provided a flaring mouth through which theigummed paper orsealing strips may bep'assed from the reel, later described,- to-themoistening roll. Mountedl at that end 1 of the plate 7 remote from theend 9, there is a narrow tra-nsversely disposed plate 13, this platebeingmounted on top of the strips "11 and being secured in place on the'frameyby the screws 8 which secure the 'plate 7 to the frame at thisend. Plate l3 is thus spaced above the plate 7 as is the" plate 10"andthis plate is beveled'to provide a cutting edge 14 which cutting edge isdivided up into a series of teethby means of slits 15( V Mountedhdjacentthe front plate 2 but so supported that it may rotate, there is amoistening roll 16 which is of collar construction and which is formedwith a pluof the roll in theinbearings, the roll may be easily removedslmply by raising it out of the frame.

A pan 19 is carried within the frame directly below the roll 16 and thispan rests upon interned lugs 20 formed with the side plates 1 at thebottom edges thereof, the webs 6 serving as further supports for thispan. In order that the" pan may be easily removed after the roll hasbeen removed, a recess 21 is formed in the front plate 2'so that afinger grip may be easily had on the front wall of the pan to permitthelready removal thereof.

Bolted at the rear end of the frame A that is, the end remote from theroll 16- there are two narrow upright plates 22, one on each side of theframe. A pintle 23 is supported by these plates and this pintle receiveson its opposite ends .the knurled or milled nuts 24: which abut theplates to hold the pintle in place. This pintle is designed to supportthe several rolls of sealing tape .25, which, if there are more'thanone, are

separated by appropriate division plates comprising the plates 26 and 27which are pivotally connected together by a pin or rivet 28. When thesedivision plates are in use their giving the relative positions shown inFig. 5 whenthe eyes 29 and 30 in each of the two plates are brought intoregistration and the pintle may be passed through either pair of theseregistering eyes to mount the plates on the pintle. -The plates 22 arealso provided with two eyes through which the pintle may pass, the uppereyes 31 being obviously for the purpose of receiving the pintle whenlarger rolls of tape are used than those shown at present in thedrawings. Thus when certain size rolls are employed the pintle is placedin the lowereyes of the plates 22 and when largerrolls are employed thepintle is placed in the upper'eyes 31, thereby providing for therotation of rolls of greater diameterthan those usually employed. Thedivision plates are loosely mounted on the pintle betweenadj acent rollsand when the smaller rolls are used the pintle passes through the eyes29 ofthe divi sion plate and when the larger rolls the pin tie is passedthrough the eyes 30.

When the device is notin use and it is desired to dismantle the same forshipment or storage, the pivot studs or rivets 28 provide means'forfolding the division plates 1 So that the plates 26 and 27 are broughtinto alinement with each other, as shown in Fig. 7, when the foldedparts obvlously require less room'than when in the extended posi- .tionshown in Fig. 5.

In leading the tape 25 from the reel to the moistening roll, it Ispassedunder the plates 10 and 13 but on top of the plate 7 and the freeends passing out beside the cutting edge 1-1, are carried over the uppersurface of the roll 16. It will be observed that the device herein shownis carrying three different widths of tape and in'orde'r that theseparate pieces may beguided to the moistening roll and kept out ofcontact with or entanglement with each other, suitable guiding means areprovided and these guiding means comprise screws 32 which threadinglyengage tapped holes formed at intervals throughbolted plates 10 and 13.The

spacing of the holes is such that this variation in widthbetweenadjacent screws may be obtained to suit any variation in width of thedifierent rolls of the tape that may be carried on the reel and thescrews havthe'roll 16, the latter being rotated by this operation, andbeing in contact with the water inthe pan 19, picks up the water andthus moistens the gummed side of the tape which contacts with it. Therequired length of tape having been withdrawn, the edge 14 providesmeans for shearing the tpe off at this point,: when the tape is thenready for attachment to a bundle or package The invention having beendescribed,

what is claimed as new and useful is:

1. In a sealing tape moistener, an open frame, a reel mounted at one endof the frame, a molstenlng roll rotatably mounted at the opposite end ofthe frame,a pla-te positioned on topof the frame between the reel andthe moistening roll, other plates mounted on top of the first said plateat opposite ends of the latter and spaced above the same, a moisten'erpan carried within the frame with whose 'contents the moisteningroll isbrought into contact, means for guiding strips carried by the reel andpassed between the first and secondsaid plates to the moistening roll,and means for'severing the strips adjacent the roll, whereby no part ofthe strip which has been brought into contact with the roll will remainunsevered.

2. In a sealing tape moistener, an open frame, a reel mounted at one endof the frame, rolls of tape carried by said reel, a plate disposedtransversely across the frame, a second plate mounted on top of thefirst plate but spaced above the latter and standing adjacent one edgethereof, 'a third plate also mounted on top of the first said plate butspaced above'therefrom, the last said plate standing adjacent theopposite edge of the first said plate and having a cutting ed e formedthereon, a moistening roll rotata 1y mounted in the frame at the endopposite the reel, a moistener pan with whose contents the .rnoisteningroll contacts, the second and third said plates being formed with aplurality of spaced tapped holes, and screws engaged in certain of saidholes, the screws being adapted for attachment in different holes tovary the spaces between adjacent screws, the tape from the rolls on thereel passing above the first said plate and below the second and thirdsaid plates to the moistening roll and between adjacent screws in thesecond and third said plates, whereby the tape is guided to themoistening rolls in the manner herein specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WALTER C. POWELL.

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